
Watch out for these 15 fallacies among the massive amounts of baloney circulating
A huge amount of baloney circulates throughout society, not just on social media. Let’s help other people and ourselves avoid getting fooled or misled. Here is a list of 15 fallacies to watch out for: Ad Hominem: Attacking the person instead of dealing rationally with what the person is saying Straw-man Argument: Distorting what the other person is saying, and arguing against that instead of what the person has really said Appeal to Ignorance: Promoting gullibility and saying something must be true if it has not been explicitly disproven False Dilemma: Disregarding the complexity of an issue, and boiling […]